Investing.com – Belgium equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Brussels, the BEL 20 declined 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the BEL 20 were Telenet Group (BR:TNET), which rose 1.39% or 0.85 points to trade at 61.85 at the close. Galapagos NV (AS:GLPG) added 1.28% or 1.180 points to end at 93.240 and Ontex Group (BR:ONTEX) was up 1.11% or 0.30 points to 27.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Groep NV (AS:INGA), which lost 1.81% or 0.302 points to trade at 16.364 in late trade. Aperam SA (AS:APAM) declined 1.50% or 0.69 points to end at 45.41 and Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV (BR:ABI) shed 0.99% or 0.93 points to 93.21.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 65 to 51 and 17 ended unchanged on the Brussels Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.44% or 5.80 to $1337.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.20% or 0.76 to hit $64.33 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.72 to trade at $69.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2287, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.98.